Frying pan



April 18, 1933. 4 G. w. PERKS 1,904,925

FRYING PAN Filed Sept. .10, 1931 2 Sheets-Sheet l 1 ,4 I QWGEW ATTORNEY 5v A ril 18, 1933. G. PERKS 1,904,925

FRYING PAN Filed Sept. 10, 1951 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR GEORGE W PER/(8 ATTORNEYS.

PatentedApr. 18, 1933 if r UNITED "STATES PATENT OFFICE}: f,

GEORGE w. PERxs, onlrxnolkf, OHIO, ASSIGNOB or ONE-HALF .To'strarinEYH. Ausrm, l

or AKRON, orr'ro FBYING PAN V Application filed September 10,1931. Serial No. 562,015. i i w j This invention relates to griddles or, for supporting'the tilted as in ing pans. 3:01 swung to a position underjthe ipan The general purpose of the invention is to support the pan in a less tilted position to provide a griddle or fryingrpan with as in Figure 4. The surface ofthe pan simple, easily adjustable means for sup may besupported above the stoveon, which 55 porting the same in a tiltedposition where it is placed by flanges '14, 1 5, 16 and 17, and. by grease will be drained from the frying the flanges 14 and.16;maybe notched as at foods so that they may be fried to a crisp, 18, the notches receivingfthe bail 121 as'in dry condition, the supporting means being Figure 4. Flanges 14 and 16 mayalso 0 adapted to be easily operated to an inopcut away as at 19; to facilitate supporting 6o erative position, as, for example, to permit of the pan in-an angular position. 7.

the grease to flow back over the fryingsur- The 'pan .is provided with a handle 20 face without requiring manipulation of any which may besecured to either end or to h t parta j either side of the pan for handling the pan The foregoing. and other purposes of the and for. adjusting the pan to a horizontal 65 invention are attained in the griddles or position or either of. its tilted positions;

frying pans disclosed inthe accompanying Inuse the pan is adjusted to'the position drawings and described below. It is to be sh wn in ig re from the POSitiOII Shown understood that the invention is not limited in Figure fby m ly l ng the end f the T to the specific form thereof shown and depan 1 0' which the il is pivoted, th i I70;

scribed. swinging under the action of gravity to sup- Of the accompanying drawings, porting pos'itionJ From the position Fig: Figure 1 is a plan viewof a griddle emure 3 the pan may be adjusted to the posibodying the invention; tion in Figure QZ- by simply. grasping'the Figure 2 is a side elevation thereof; handle and. pushing the pan to the right,-

Figure 3 illustrated the griddle adjusted leaving the supportin contact with the stove V to a tilted grease-draining position; surface. From the position": shown in Fig- Figure 4 is a view similar to Figure 3 ure,3, the pan may be adjusted to" the posishowing the griddle in another tilted grease tion in Figure 4by'merely; pulling the pan draining position; a to the left. The pan {may be adjustedfrom 80 Figure 5 is an enlarged elevation of a porthe position in Figure. 21w the position in tion of another form of griddle or frying Figure 4 by lifting thef bailend of'the pan a pan embodying the invention; I and. pulling the pan to thefleft. The pan Figure 6 is a side elevation of a third is a djusted fromthe position in'Figure 4to' form of the invention; 1

Figure 7 is a side elevation of a fourth end of the pan and from theposition 'in form of the invention; and Figure 4 to the position in Figure leby Figure 8 is a section on line 88 of liftingthebail end of the pan and pushing Figure 6 and Figure 9 is a section on line the pan to the right? i 9-9 of Figure 7. The form of the invention shownin Fig- Referring to Figures 1 to 4 of the drawure 5 is similar to that shown in Figures 1 ings, the improved griddle or frying pan to 4' with thejexception that thebail 12?;is may comprise a suitable pan structure 10 shiftable on its pivots 18 asby being slotted provided with a depression 11 at one end as at 30 and has a pointed end 31 providing to receive grease and with an adjustable a pawl adapted to engage in a curved rack .supporting device 12 comprising a bail piv- 32 fixed to the pan to hold the support 12? oted as at l3, 13 to the other end'of the pan at any desired position of adjustment be whereby the bail may lie in a flat condition tween a substantially fiat position beyond extended beyond said end of the pan as in the end of the panand a position under. the Figure 2 or swung to a vertical position pan whereby the pan may be heldfat sub the; position in Figure e'by. lifting the ban stantially any angle between these limits. The weight of the pan shifts it on the ad justed support that the pawl end 31 engages the rack 32 in any position to which the end of the pan is lifted'and released. The support is readjusted by lifting the end of the pan to, free the pawl from the rack and allowing the support or bail to remain in contact with the stove surface while m0ving the pan in the direction desired, whereby the bail will be swung to its readjusted position or back to its flat or horizontal position.

In the form of the invention shown in Figures 6 and 8, a support 12 may be ex tended through an aperture in the handle 20 so that it may rock slightly therein, the support having a head portion 40 and a foot portion 41 so designed as to prevent slipping of the support out of the aperture, the under side of the support being provided with a roughened or toothed formation 4-2 which may be omitted as shown in Figures 7 and 9 (see support 12). In the forms of the invention shown in Figures 6 to 9, the pan is lifted at its supportend to the desired height, the support shifting under the action of gravity with its foot portion resting on the stove surface, and the pan is then shifted to the right and released, causing the supports to rock in the apertures and causing the weight of the pan to lock it in its adjusted position on the support, which locking action is assisted by the toothed formation shown in Figures 6 and 8.

Modifications of the invention other than 7 those referred to herein may be resorted to without departing from the spirit-thereof 40 or the scope of the appended claims.

What is claimed is: a 1. A frying pan having in combination a to engage by release of the pan to hold the support in supporting position.

4. The combination with a pan of a support shiftably mounted on one side of the pan whereby the support will moveby gravity upon lifting that side of the pan on which the support is mounted to support the pan in a tilted position, means associated with the pan with which the support is adapted to engage by release of the pan to hold the support in supporting position, said support comprising a bail freely pivoted on the pan and movable relative to'its pivots, and a rack .on the pan, said bail having a pawl portion for engaging said rack, when said bail is moved relative to said pivots.

5. Afrying pan having a handle and in combination therewith a support freely mounted so as to be shiftable longitudinally of itself through an aperture, in the handle,

said aperture being so proportioned that the support is released whereby upon lifting one side of the pan by the handle the support will shift through the aperture and by shifting the pan while the support is in contact with a supporting surface the support will be swung in the aperture to a position in which the support is gripped in the aperture to hold the pan in its tilted position under the action of the weight of the pan. 7

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support pivoted so as to be freely shiftable thereon by lifting the pan and adapted'to I support the pan in a tilted position, said support being operable to a supporting position by lifting one side of the pan from a supporting surface, said pan being returnable to a horizontal position on said support ing surface by shifting the pan'while main taining contact of the support with said surface. V

V 2. The combination with a frying pan of a support pivoted so as to swing freely upon one side thereof by lifting the pan so as to L be operable between a horizontal position in the plane of the pan to an angular posi- -tion under the pan to support the pan in tilted position.

3. The combination with a pan of a support freely mounted on one side of the pan so as to be shiftable thereon by gravity upon lifting that side of the pan on which the support is mounted to support the pan in a tilted'position, and means associated with the pan with which the support is adapted 

